Reel



Jan. 12, 1932.- P. VAN VLAANDEREN 1,341,227

REEL

Filed May 6, 193

' 3 INVENTOR,

Thur l anl/laanclaren,

A'r'foRNEY Patented Jan. 12, 1932 PATENT OFFICE) rn'rnn VAN VJLAANDEREN;or rArnnsoN, NEW" JERSEY, ASSIGNOR "1'0 vAN' VLAANDEREN MACHINE OF NEWJERSEY V Application filed May '6,

ric with liquid the fabric is trained spirally in rope formrwith itsconvolutions depending therefrom into the liquid, so that in therotation'of the reel the fabric will be advanced spirally and thusprogressively through the: liquid. The invention relates moreparticularly toreels of this class which are used in those treatmentswhere the liquid contains acid and which therefore have theirperipheries formed of wood slats which are screwed to the frame of thereel, which is necessarily constructed of metal so as to be both lightand strong on account of the considerable length frequently attained'bysuch reels and the weight thereof and of the wetted fabric. v

Heretofore the practice in constructing these reels has been to key anumber of spiders or heads on an axial shaft with spacing sleevesintervening, then pass tie bars through holes 'in the several-spidersforheads so as tostand bowed 1 or arched outwardly'fr'o'm the shaft, thenscrew nuts on the ends of the "tie bars and thereby draw the spiders andsleeves together and form a practically unitary trussed structure welladapted to carrythe intended load notwithstanding the considerablelength of the reel', then coat allthese parts with a rubber or otheracid-resisting composition, and finally secure. the wooden slats to thethus=coated spiders by screws. 7 1 According to the present inventionthe construction is, generally stated. as'follows: The spiders areslipped on toashaft and welded in their proper positions; Forreinforcing the reel frame against the weight of its load the arched orbowed tie-bars are used but each of these is formedin sectionseachhaving its own head or enlargement and having passed these sectionsthroughrholes in the end spiders and engaged them in peripheral notchesin theintermediate spiders their ends are coupled by iturn-buckles whichare made to draw them up tight and put the." entire frame in a state oftension. All jointswhere metal meets metal arenow welded,- where- 'uponthe reel frame is coated all over with the? acid-resisting composition."lhereupon 1930; Serial No. 450,158.

wooden disks are affixed faceto face against" COMPANY, OF PATTERSON, NEWJERSEY, A CORPORATION the spiders and to these the wooden slats are 1secured. a

The objects and results of this constru ction are as follows; The frameby the weld mg becomes, in effect, a jointless or integral structure, bywhich I mean that where any J two separately formed partsare made tomeet they are by the welding merged and made practically one. Thereforethe reel is better ada-pted'than others of its kind to withstand thestrainsand stresses incident to its use, and what isof as great ifn'otgreater concern is'that since there can be no movement at any jointof the ijoined parts with respect to each other the fracturingorbreaking of the acid-resisting coating which character izes the use ofother reels of this class is prevented, it being known that once thiscondition occurs the crevice formed admits acidto the metal, whosedestructive action goes on unnoticed until finally the reelcol-fllapses. B causing the tie-barsto bear upon the intermediate spidersperipherally thereof instead of to penetrate them the-tie-ba'rs, whichas noted 'must be arched,are'more readily assembled according to myconstruction" and'the area to be coated with acid-resisting compositionis reduced. Again, where the spiders are of metaland directly receivethe slatsyit is not possible, by coating with the acid-resistingcomposition, to, preventthe acid-reaching the metal at the holes wherethe screws are introducedtoafiix the slats to theispiders; thisdifficulty I avoid'by using woodendisks, and thesev may be" affixed' tothe spiders 'so-thatwhile holes therein are necessary these may be fullyprotected by the acid-resisting composition. 1 I e Describing myinvention now in detail, in the drawmgs:

Fig. 1 is a section of line 11," Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. be- I i I forethe reel frame iscoated; Fig; 3 is 'a section on line asmaller scale and .Figs. 4, 5 and6 are sections of details at certain points in the structure of thereel, as

willappear;

the improved reel'on In said drawings, 1 is the axial shaft of the reel,preferably tubular. 2 designates the heads or spiders penetratedthereby, these being here circular disks. 3 designates the tie-bars. Allthese parts are of metal.

The same as in the usual construction, the tie-bars are bent midwaytheir lengths so that in the completed reel frame they will be bowed orarched from theshaft 1, thus to reinforce the reel frame. The tie-barspene-i trate holes in the end spiders, but each of the intermediatespiders has peripheral notches 2a in which the tie-bars rest (Fig; 2)The tie-bars preferably ha *e knobs or: heads 3w integral therewith andthese are of greater size than the holes in the'end spiders which theypenetrate, andeach tie-bar is made in sections joined together by ametal turnbuckle 8?) screwed on said sections.

I All the joints where any two parts meet are welded together, as at 4,or where a tie-bar penetrates or engages a spider (Figs. 4 and thusproduced are welded 5), where a knob 3a abuts a spider (Fig. 4),

andjwhere a turn-buckle is screwed on each tie-rod section (Fig. 6), aswell as Where each spider is penetrated by the shaft; The spiders arefirst fitted on and welded to the shaft,

whereupon the'tie-rods are applied and tensioned by their turn-bucklesand all joints As 'a, final step in the completion of the .reel frame itis covered-with a coating 5 of rubber composition'so that Whilethegeneral skeleton form of the frame remains the whole ishermeticallyencased or sealed within'an acidresisting integument orenvelope excepting the end bearing. portions la'of the shaft,

which are pro'tectedfrom access of acid there-,

to by the cone shaped barrier'lb.

There remains the attachment of the Wood en slats which form theperip'hery of the reel. In my construction these are attached totheperipheries of wooden plates'or disks which in turn are affixed facetoface against the spiders and in the present case are elliptical inform. These disks, 6, are formed in two halves notched at Ga-at theirmeetingedges so as to admit thetie bars in assembling the halves withthe frame 7 They arethen secured 1 to the disks by the bolts 7 and toeach, other edge 'to'jedge bybolts 8 where the bolts 7 "penetrate thespiders holes are formed therei V in which are large enough to admit thebolts easily even with the coating 5 liningthe holes as shown at'7a inFig. 5; 600 designates the slats. g Y

Sometimesthe fabric undergoes a; squeezing'or wringmg treatment as itleaves-the reel, which for this'purposehas a pulley on .tiwhich asqueezing-roller rests. This pulley in Fig. 1. is; shown in a novel formadapting itto be covered for protection against acid andforattachment-to the reel. It includes 1 ':a cylindricalportionorlbarr'elfiand annuli 10 and 11 of greaterdiameter thanthebarreland aiiixed in any way to its ends, the whole being covered with an acidresisting coating 12. The annulus 11 is of greater inside diameter thanthe spider 2 at the end of the reel to which this barrel is to beattached, so that it may surround the same and be secured by 7 bolts "13face to 'face with the end wooden disks, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention whatIclaimism 1. A metal fraefor a reel of the class described comprising a shaft, spiders on thefromthe shaft, each-spider being welded to theshaft and'each tie-barwelded to each spider and :said frame being substantially wholly coveredwith an acid-resisting integument or; coating.

- 31A metalframe for areel of'the class described compris'inga; shaft,spiders on the shaft spaced from each other and having peripheralnotches, and tensioned tie-bars tying the end spiders togetherandengaging being thereby held bowed from. the shaft, eachspid'er'beingwelded to the shaft and each tie-bar welded-to each spider andsaid frame being substantially wholly covered with acids resistingintegument or coat- ;4.-."In combination, a metal' skeleton reelframehaving spaced spiders arranged. in a serieslengthwise of and penetratedby the reel axis", said frame being substantially wholly covered with anacid-resisting integu- 'ment or coating,.wood disks attached face toface with and tofthe spiders, and wood slats attached: peripherally ofand to the disks.

5; In combination a metal skeletonreelframehaving spaced spiders'arranged in a series lengthwise of and penetrated by the reel axis andtie-bars connecting the spiders.

and spaced from eachother around and also spaced from said axis, saidframe being substantially wholly covered with an acid-resistingintegumentor coating, wood disks each formed in sections notched toreceive'the tiebars; and imeetingtogether edge to edge and secured fac'eto 'faceto a thus coated spider,

' .and'wood slats attached. peripherally of and to the disks. I v '6. Incombination,-a reel {ofthe classdescribed comprising a series of .slatsforming 3.00 the intermediate'spiders in theirnotches and r the reelperiphery and astructure on which the slats are mounted including ametal frame, and a metal pulley including a barrel portion andend-forming annuli attached thereto, said frame and pulley each beingsubstantially wholly covered with an acidresisting integument orcoating, and-means to secure said pulley to said structure in concentricrelation to the reel axis and with one.

of said annuli face to face with a part of said structure.

7.v A metal frame for a reel of the class described comprising a shaft,spiders on the shaft held spaced from each other, and tiebars tying theend spiders together and engaging the intermediate spiders peripherallythereof and being thereby held bowed from the shaft, each tie-barcomprising sections and a turn-buckle screwed on the two sections andtensioning the tie-bar.

8. A metal frame for a reel of the class described comprising spidersspaced from each other axially of the reel and tie-bars tying the endspiders together and engaging the intermediate spiders, each tie-barbeing welded to each spider and said frame being substantially whollycovered with an acid-resisting integument or coating.

9. A metal frame for a reel of the class described comprising spidersspaced froin each other axially of the reel, and tie-bars tying the endspiderstogether and engaging the intermediate spiders peripherallythereof and beingthereby held bowed from the axis of the reel, eachtie-bar comprising sections and a turn-buckle screwed on the adjoiningends of said sections and tensioning the tie-bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER VAN VLAANDEREN.

